Lydia Smith
@seriouslydiaonly.bsky.social
🎙️ Serious Pod Media: Opening Arguments, Where There's Woke, Gavel Gavel, Serious Inquiries Only with @seriouspod.bsky.social
💕 Mom of 3
🏛️Former exec with CA state government
🧠Experimental Psychology background
@lydiapod.51 on Signal
💕 Mom of 3
🏛️Former exec with CA state government
🧠Experimental Psychology background
@lydiapod.51 on Signal
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Lydia Smith
@seriouslydiaonly.bsky.social
· Jan 24
In addition to being on mic for some of our projects, I also serve in a producer capacity for all of @seriouspod.bsky.social podcasts, including @openargs.bsky.social ! If you have a pitch for a show, reach out! I'm always looking for fantastic guests. #lawsky
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We had a great time with Illinois Congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social talking about her unique campaign, what ICE is doing to Chicago right now, and what it is going to take for Democrats not to suck. All kinds of hope in here, you won't want to miss this one!
youtu.be/U7OEJJwsajA?...
youtu.be/U7OEJJwsajA?...
Kat Abughazaleh - Indicted by Trump's DoJ for Protesting ICE while running for Congress
YouTube video by Serious Pod Network
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We had a great time with Illinois Congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social talking about her unique campaign, what ICE is doing to Chicago right now, and what it is going to take for Democrats not to suck. All kinds of hope in here, you won't want to miss this one!
youtu.be/U7OEJJwsajA?...
youtu.be/U7OEJJwsajA?...
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
I saw a post recently that we should include random questions in elections to get people to vote. I LOVE this, and it could be a surprise question every election. This cycle: what's the best ice cream flavor, next cycle was the dress black/blue or white/gold? Etc etc.
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I saw a post recently that we should include random questions in elections to get people to vote. I LOVE this, and it could be a surprise question every election. This cycle: what's the best ice cream flavor, next cycle was the dress black/blue or white/gold? Etc etc.
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FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.
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Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
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There are shows which break down bad movies, shows which break down classic SCOTUS cases, shows which break down terrible rightwing content, & shows which cover the rise of American fascism without breaking down. But just one which does all of that, and you can listen ad-free here
Patreon.com/law
Patreon.com/law
Get more from Opening Arguments on Patreon
Creating the legal podcast that helps you make sense of the news
Patreon.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
There are shows which break down bad movies, shows which break down classic SCOTUS cases, shows which break down terrible rightwing content, & shows which cover the rise of American fascism without breaking down. But just one which does all of that, and you can listen ad-free here
Patreon.com/law
Patreon.com/law
Love this community!!!!
This is & so many other things I have been able to do in the past 18 months are exactly what I wanted OA to be when I joined, and I can't thank @seriouspod.bsky.social and @seriouslydiaonly.bsky.social enough for the vision and values which make this show something special. Pls support indie media!
COMING SOON: excited to announce that we have just scheduled interviews with two different incarcerated authors in the coming months about each of their outstanding books
October 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Love this community!!!!
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COMING SOON: excited to announce that we have just scheduled interviews with two different incarcerated authors in the coming months about each of their outstanding books
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
COMING SOON: excited to announce that we have just scheduled interviews with two different incarcerated authors in the coming months about each of their outstanding books
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You DON'T want to miss this Sunday's California Freethought Day (livestreamed and at the State Capitol).
Register at FreethoughtDay.org (1/2)
Register at FreethoughtDay.org (1/2)
October 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
You DON'T want to miss this Sunday's California Freethought Day (livestreamed and at the State Capitol).
Register at FreethoughtDay.org (1/2)
Register at FreethoughtDay.org (1/2)
This is such a waste of pixels and time. BE BETTER.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
As post-liberal tendencies take hold, “they take substantially different forms on the left versus the right — and those differences help explain why people on either side of the divide struggle so mightily to understand their opponents,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes.
As post-liberal tendencies take hold, “they take substantially different forms on the left versus the right — and those differences help explain why people on either side of the divide struggle so mightily to understand their opponents,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes.
Opinion | Why Left and Right Can’t Understand Each Other’s Fears
Getting past the urge to reduce all politics to existential conflict.
nyti.ms
October 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is such a waste of pixels and time. BE BETTER.
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Zodiac killer murders again, challenging legal bounds
October 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Zodiac killer murders again, challenging legal bounds
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“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"
CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom
EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.
www.independent.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"
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There are any number of legitimate reasons to use the passive voice, including not knowing who did the action you’re describing, or the whom is more interesting/germane than the who.
Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.
Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.
October 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
There are any number of legitimate reasons to use the passive voice, including not knowing who did the action you’re describing, or the whom is more interesting/germane than the who.
Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.
Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.
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If all of America saw what Stephen Miller has been saying on Fox News in the last few weeks, there would be little doubt about what's going on. But it's unbearable, so who'd seek it out?
history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
October 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If all of America saw what Stephen Miller has been saying on Fox News in the last few weeks, there would be little doubt about what's going on. But it's unbearable, so who'd seek it out?
I'm just gonna say it - @rejectedjokes.bsky.social would never ❤️
October 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I'm just gonna say it - @rejectedjokes.bsky.social would never ❤️
I mean, God said it so....
He's not just unfit to be president, he's unfit to be a human being. He’s unfit to be a carbon based life form. He’s a waste of cytoplasm.
October 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I mean, God said it so....
And the only person who she reports to is the CEO (David Ellison) of the company (Paramount Skydance) that acquired her (and Free Press). Who is the son of the person (Larry Ellison) buying TikTok. So news and information is going to be fucked in both legacy and modern spaces. COOL.
NEW from me:
Several CBS News staffers and insiders told me that the network "is not a good place now" amid the imminent arrival of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief, who one source likened to Michael Scott of The Office based on her lack of qualifications.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Several CBS News staffers and insiders told me that the network "is not a good place now" amid the imminent arrival of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief, who one source likened to Michael Scott of The Office based on her lack of qualifications.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom
EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.
www.the-independent.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
And the only person who she reports to is the CEO (David Ellison) of the company (Paramount Skydance) that acquired her (and Free Press). Who is the son of the person (Larry Ellison) buying TikTok. So news and information is going to be fucked in both legacy and modern spaces. COOL.
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“Fuck them kids.”
— MAGA Jesus
— MAGA Jesus
...wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross
Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."
October 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“Fuck them kids.”
— MAGA Jesus
— MAGA Jesus
"He has flaws like we all do." Wow.
Combs' Westmoreland: Mr. Combs is just a man. And he's made some mistakes. He has flaws like we all do. But how many of us can say that we've helped so many lives? Countless lives. He's been in jail and he's remorseful. I spend every day speaking with him
October 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"He has flaws like we all do." Wow.
DO NOT LET CORCORAN, CHRIS RUFO, AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS GO QUIETLY INTO THE WIND. Might be time for an update episode on NCF.
You'll be shocked to learn New College of Florida is on the brink of implosion just a couple of years after DeSantis engineered an extreme right-wing takeover
Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida
Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.
www.insidehighered.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
DO NOT LET CORCORAN, CHRIS RUFO, AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS GO QUIETLY INTO THE WIND. Might be time for an update episode on NCF.
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Join us for the largest #secular event in California on October 12, it's California Freethought Day — in #Sacramento and Livestreamed.
🎫FREE Registration:
freethoughtday2025.eventbrite.com
@electericalee.bsky.social @haramdoodles.bsky.social @sethandrews.com
🎫FREE Registration:
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@electericalee.bsky.social @haramdoodles.bsky.social @sethandrews.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Join us for the largest #secular event in California on October 12, it's California Freethought Day — in #Sacramento and Livestreamed.
🎫FREE Registration:
freethoughtday2025.eventbrite.com
@electericalee.bsky.social @haramdoodles.bsky.social @sethandrews.com
🎫FREE Registration:
freethoughtday2025.eventbrite.com
@electericalee.bsky.social @haramdoodles.bsky.social @sethandrews.com
STOOOOOOOOP. SERIOUSLY.
September 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
STOOOOOOOOP. SERIOUSLY.
Maybe investigate this instead of George Soros, DOJ.
Two lawsuits allege that Jay McGraw, son of Dr. Phil, is the “principal beneficiary” of tribal lender Minto Money.
CreditServe, a company that McGraw plays a key role in, controls the operation while “the Tribe is merely a front,” the suits said.
(Published May w/ @adn.com)
CreditServe, a company that McGraw plays a key role in, controls the operation while “the Tribe is merely a front,” the suits said.
(Published May w/ @adn.com)
A 700% APR Lending Business Tied to Dr. Phil's Son Is Dividing an Alaska Tribe
Tribal lender Minto Money has boosted the economy of its Alaska town. But some tribal members are appalled by the millions it's made off desperate borrowers -- much of which, lawsuits allege, has gone to outsider Jay McGraw, son of Dr. Phil.
www.propublica.org
September 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Maybe investigate this instead of George Soros, DOJ.
Hillary would have never. Just saying.
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Hillary would have never. Just saying.
“...we built the wrong prisons,” said Cate. “We built places that are really good at keeping inmates from escaping and are good, typically, at keeping people — especially staff — safe. But they’re a terrible environment for people to change their lives.”
California shrank its prisons with sentencing changes. A new study shows how that's working
California adopted major sentencing changes under Govs. Gavin Newsom and Jerry Brown. A new report provides the first in-depth look at how they’re working.
search.app
September 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
“...we built the wrong prisons,” said Cate. “We built places that are really good at keeping inmates from escaping and are good, typically, at keeping people — especially staff — safe. But they’re a terrible environment for people to change their lives.”